Tools & Models
GOGLA: E-waste Toolkit
StEP: Business Plan Calculation Tool
Basel Convention: E-waste Inspection and Enforcement Toolkit
Other Resources
Policy
Africa Clean Energy: E-Waste Policy Handbook
StEP: Developing Legislative Principles for e-Waste Policy in Developing and Emerging Countries
General e-waste management and status
UNU: Global E-waste Monitor 2020: Quantities, Flows, and the Circular Economy Potential
StEP White Paper: Recommendations for Standards Development for Collection, Storage, Transport and Treatment of E-waste
Efficiency for Access:
Global LEAP Solar E-Waste Market Scoping Report
Solar E-Waste Management: Best Practices for the Off-Grid Sector Workshop Report
Evidence on Demand: Electronics waste impacts and mitigation options in the off grid renewable energy sector
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition: Towards a Just and Sustainable Solar Industry
UNEP: Africa Waste Management Outlook (unep.org)
Duke University: Off-Grid Solar E-Waste: Impacts & Solutions in East Africa
Repair, refurbishment & circular economy
Lighting Global Eco Design Note, Issue 6: Renewable Energy Product Repair, Part 1 Overview
Lighting Global Eco Design Note, Issue 7: Product Repair Part II: Manufacturer Best Practices
Ellen MacArthur Foundation: Circular Consumer Electronics: An Initial Exploration
PACE: A New Circular Vision for Electronics Time for a Global Reboot
Equipment/component handling & hazardous substances
Lighting Global Eco Design Note: Restriction of Hazardous Substances and Pico-powered Lighting Products
Lighting Global Eco Design Note: Battery Toxicity and Eco Product Design
StEP: Leaded Glass from Cathode Ray Tubes: A Critical Review of Recycling and Disposal Options
IRENA End-of-Life Management: Solar Photovoltaic Panels
UNEP: Lead Acid Batteries: Promoting the Environmentally Sound Management of Waste Lead Acid Batteries
Öko-Institute: Generation of Used Lead-acid Batteries in Africa – Estimating the Volumes
Articles
GOGLA: E-waste Festival Summary Report 2019
Next Billion: Solving the Problem of Renewable Energy Waste: A Circular Economy Approach to Sustainable Batteries
Sun-Connect: Circular Economy: Moving Africa towards Environmental Sustainability
UNEP: Turning e-Waste into Gold: the Untapped Potential of African landfills
World Bank: Batteries Can Help Renewables Reach Full Potential in Africa
Africa Times: In Oslo, EV Makers Pressed to Consider DR Congo Mining Practices
Academic writing
Batteiger, Alexander. 2015. ‘Towards a Waste Management System for Solar Home Systems in Bangladesh’. In Decentralized Solutions for Developing Economies, 133–40. Springer Proceedings in Energy. Springer, Cham.
Cross, Jamie, and Declan Murray. 2018. ‘The Afterlives of Solar Power: Waste and Repair off the Grid in Kenya’. Energy Research & Social Science 44 (October): 100–109.
Fthenakis, Vasilis M. 2000. ‘End-of-Life Management and Recycling of PV Modules’. Energy Policy, The viability of solar photovoltaics, 28 (14): 1051–58.
Andreas Manhart, T.A., Gilbert Kuepouo, Diana Mathai, Silvani Mng’Anya, & Schleicher, T. 2016. The deadly business – Findings from the Lead Recycling Africa Project. Oeko-Institut e.V., Merzhauser Str. 173, 79100 Freiburg, Germany. May 2016.
Useful Websites
StEP (solving the e-waste problem) Initiative
Global e-Waste Statistics Partnership (GESP)
Sustainable Inclusive Business Kenya
Efficiency for Access Coalition
The materials in this e-waste toolkit have been developed for EEP Africa’s portfolio in partnership with CLASP, an international organization improving the energy and environmental performance of the appliances and equipment we use every day.
